Wilson Farm Recipes : Braised Lamb Shanks

Ingredients

• 4 lbs. bone-in lamb shanks
• ¼ lb salt pork
• ½ lb onion, roughly chopped
• ¼ lb carrot, roughly chopped
• ¼ lb celery, roughly chopped
• ½ cup whole garlic cloves, peeled
• 2 ripe tomatoes
• 1 gal beef broth
• 1 bottle red wine
• 1 Tbsp olive oil
• Bouquet Garni (thyme,bay leaves,parsley)
• 2 tbsp French black olives, minced
• zest of ½ an orange
• ¼ tsp ground fennel seeds